Black Flags in Vietnam: The Story of a Chinese Intervention

ISBN-13: 9781032444666 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 292 str.

Henry McAleavy

Opis

Black Flags in Vietnam (1968) examines 1800s conflict between China, Vietnam and France. It seemed China would be unable to protect its vassal Vietnam from the French, but a band of Chinese freebooters, the Black Flags, going into Vietnam in search of pillage, defeated two French expeditions and sparked war.

Spis treści

1. The Birthpangs of Vietnam  2. Martyrs and Mandarins  3. ‘With opium in one hand…’  4. The First French Offensive  5. The French Explore  6. The Black Flags  7. Jean Dupuis  8. Francis Garnier  9. China – Divided Counsels  10. Halliday Macartney and the Marquis Tseng  11. China’s Suzerainty Challenged  12. Henri Rivière – Tragedy Repeated  13. Hue Capitulates  14. The Rage of Liu Yung-fu  15. Peace or War?  16. France: the Day of Glory  17. Formosa and Tongking  18. Catastrophe  19. The Aftermath

O autorze

Henry McAleavy